I ran into Carl at a tech event!


(Kathi Kellenberger) #1


(Mark) #2

TMZ ketosis edition,how did you get past his body guards?


(Tom Seest) #3

My experience is that you give the body guards bacon. And, a little for @carl never hurts either…Pretty easy…It’s more difficult to get past the hoards of press, and his posse…


(Tom Seest) #4

@Kathi_Kellenberger…This was a nice photo, and appeared fine in Facebook. However, I’m not sure if it’s just the fact that it’s a PNG, or something else, but @matt pointed out that it didn’t display properly here in the forums. Just wanted you to be aware of the issue.


(Kathi Kellenberger) #5

I know. I can’t seem to delete the post, either.


(Kathi Kellenberger) #6

I reloaded from my phone, and that worked!


(Tom Seest) #7

Cool. Thanks.


(Tom Seest) #8

That does look like a herd of nerds behind you. I need to start attending conferences again…


(Kathi Kellenberger) #9

It’s the MVP conference, so it’s a really nerdy group of nerds.


(carl) #10

Total nerdfest here.


(carl) #11

By the way, I’ve been bombarded by MVPs and Microsofties who have lost big weight and/or reversed diabetes. A handful told me I saved their life. It’s hard not to feel happy about that! I want to get a collection of these stories and present it to someone at Microsoft to support us.


(Tom Seest) #12

@Scott had talked about doing a session on this topic at http://devupconf.org/ last fall, but I don’t believe it ever came together.

However, with @Kathi_Kellenberger, @Scott and others in the local community driving it, I bet we could get a good session for it this year…We have plenty of locals that could participate…


(Kathi Kellenberger) #13

Did I mention yesterday that you helped me change careers in the 90s with your VB site? That is why I was willing to give Keto a try. You gave me good advice back then and I figured that this advice would be good, too!


(Kathi Kellenberger) #14

I wasn’t even sure that Carl was at the conference until I ran into Richard Campbell (the other Richard). So, I just had to get past Richard this time. I have met Carl many years ago when he spoke to the VB user group in St. Louis back around 2000 or 2001.


(carl) #15

Yes! Carl & Gary’s VB Home Page.


(Scott Spradlin) #16

I can totally see us filling a conference session of 200 attendees with a sessions entitled “I’m a developer…and I need to lose weight.”


(Scott Spradlin) #17

On a semi-related note: For last year’s conference, I specifically told the chef that we absolutely needed BACON on every food station. If you remember, it was there. The chocolate covered bacon was a huge hit on the desert station.


(Tom Seest) #18

My only regret was that I didn’t feel up to attending the entire event…


(Tom Seest) #19

If @carl or you don’t want to give the talk, and my health continues to hold up, I’ll be happy to give the talk…I’m comfortable as a public speaker…